Thanks for Listening
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Perfect for fans of Loveless and You Should See Me in a Crown, this wry and insightful novel from the author of Epically Earnest features a swoony ace romance and a secret social media advice account that goes wonderfully, terribly astray.
Mia knows what she’s talking about.
Class schedules, significant others, existential life crises—you name it, she’s talked someone through it.
The problem? No one actually takes her advice.
So when her latest round of (very sensible!) guidance is ignored, resulting in a class flyer stapled to her best friend’s arm and her brother dating a girl he doesn’t have feelings for, Mia is done talking. Instead, she creates HereToHelp, an anonymous account to give advice. If her friends don’t know it’s her behind the account, maybe they’ll finally listen for once.
Throw in the girl of her dreams, a plethora of sound (and not-so-sound) advice, and a couple of best friends who seem to have a lot more to hide than Mia knows…and Mia could use some advice of her own to make it through this senior year.
Hilarious and deeply insightful in turn, Thanks for Listening is a must-read for fans of Not My Problem and Eliza and Her Monsters—and any reader who has wanted to feel fully, truly, completely heard.
She started the account to solve everyone else’s problems, but what happens when their secrets are bigger than she ever imagined?
Asexual Romance: A sweet, swoony ace romance between Mia, a girl who has all the answers, and Sadie, a piano prodigy with a complicated past.Secret Identity: Mia creates the anonymous “HeretoHelp” account to finally get her friends to listen—and is shocked when it actually works.Theater Kids: Go backstage with the drama club in this heartfelt story full of inside jokes, opening night jitters, and friends who feel like family.Found Family: Between her complicated best friends Essie and Talley and her own anonymous persona, Mia has to figure out who she can truly trust.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Good intentions go awry in this touching novel by Horan (Epically Earnest). As the stage manager for the drama club, 18-year-old Mia is the go-to person for advice, particularly for her best friends Tally and Essie. Despite their seeking her out, however, everyone seems to ignore her good counsel. Frustrated that no one ever listens to her suggestions, Mia turns to social media, starting an anonymous advice channel. Simultaneously, Mia, who has never had a romantic relationship ("Just your friendly neighborhood asexual over here, not hooking up with anyone"), finds herself in desperate need of some advice when she meets piano prodigy transfer student Sadie. And as the year progresses, a serious event forces Mia to reflect on the wisdom of and motivations behind her advice. Horan sensitively and astutely examines the asexuality spectrum by juxtaposing Mia's inner monologue with her interactions with Sadie as their relationship develops. The girls' organic feeling and respectfully rendered romance will have readers swooning, while complex friendship dynamics are explored with emotional maturity. Major characters read as white. Ages 13–up.
